Student activists against war in Darfur

The Darfur genocide is one of the major wars facing our world today. It is a great conflict between the Janjaweed militia and the Christians of Darfur. This ongoing war began in February 2003, and is still happening today. It has become even more violent during July and August of 2006.
In an article by Matthew Clark, the article greatly talks about students who are organizing campaigns to speak out against the war in Darfur. What is great about these campaigns is that they have accomplished a great deal, such as getting the government and the United Nations to fully act against the war. One action the United Nations have done is approving the Security Council resolution which called for 22,000 UN troops to replace the underfunded 7,000 member African Union force, but this action got rejected by the Sudanese government. The article also discusses how much pressure this puts on the United States, that want to put force on the Sudanese government as well, but fear that if they do they will not gain any help from them against terrorists.
These protests are also similar to the student protests against the Vietnam war during the 1970s. In the spring of 1970 alone, more than two hundred college campuses witnessed demonstrations, including violent incidents and strikes that ended up canceling classes at colleges. Some students were so violent that they burned buildings and some activists ended up killed because of their rallies. An example of their protesting was on April 16, 1965, when 25,000 students marched on Washington against the Vietnam war, when 25,000 troops were in Vietnam. Both the student protests against the Vietnam war and the student protests against Darfur are similar because both movements had a profound effect on the wars and the country.